Mabank celebrates an Ole Fashion Christmas
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Monitor Photo/Carla Gray
Mabank Mayor Randy Teague opens the Ole Fashion Christmas on Market Street with the lighting of the city Christmas tree Dec. 8.
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Henderson, Kaufman counties agree on county line
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HENDERSON/KAUFMAN COUNTY–Henderson County’s official Facebook page announced Dec. 1 that Henderson and Kaufman counties have reached an agreement in the dispute over where the boundary between those counties lies, specifically in an area between Kemp and Seven Points in a section known as “The Notch,” ending a squabble that Henderson County says goes back to the 1800s.
Cedar Creek Garden Club hosts Cedars and Cinnamon Home Tour
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Monitor Photo/Carla Gray
Cedar Creek Garden Club presents the Third Annual Cedars and Cinnamon Home Tour Dec. 2. The tour begins at Miss. Frans Garden located at Tool Elementary School in Tool. Students made the decorations that hang from trees and the hot house has imitation baked goods with more student created decorations.
Case against bus driver dismissed
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John Stevens appears with his defense team before Judge Scott McKee in the 392nd District Court Nov. 21 to hear the case against him in the 2019 bus/train accident has been dismissed.
Gun Barrel City Christmas Parade presents Galactic Wonders
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Monitor Photo/Carla Gray
Gun Barrel City starts the holiday season off with the annual Christmas Parade, themed Galactic Wonders - Christmas in Outer Space Dec. 2. Groom and Sons’ Home Center rides away with first place among the more than 70 floats entered.
Payne Springs Fire Rescue responds to structure fire
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Payne Springs Fire Rescue extiguishes a fully involved structure fire early Sunday morning, saving the fire from spreading to neighboring structures.
Kemp Christmas Parade kicks off the holiday season
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The City of Kemp kicks off the Christmas Season with the first Annual Christmas Parade with an “Elf on the Shelf” theme Nov. 25. The parade was well attended and featured more than 25 floats as well as marching groups. Courtesy of Verna Lantz Photography, Kemp Friends of 4H and FFA bring a trainload of good tidings to the first annual Christmas Parade.
Speakers support Payne Springs police officer
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Payne Springs seats council members Nov. 16, including incumbent Christi Hanson (left) and new Council Member Daryl Scoggins, both of whom filed for two spots in the Nov. 7 election and who automatically assumed office.
Sarah Maples Chapter honors veterans
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Sarah Maples Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) members show their support for local veterans at the start of the group’s annual Veterans Day program Nov. 11 at the Mabank veteran memorial wall.
